ISBN:
9781138843875
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (274 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
Parallel Title:
Print version Scottish Tradition (RLE Folklore) : A Collection of Scottish Folk Literature
DDC:
398.2/09411
Keywords:
Folk literature, Scottish
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Folk literature, Scottish ; History and criticism
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Scottish folk literature is characterised by a wide range of creative expression: story, song, play and proverb. This anthology, first published in 1984, provides an authoritative introduction to Scottish folk literature, and is unique in that it deals with all the genres intrinsic to Scottish tradition. Its selected texts offer an unusual and diverse enjoyment to the reader, including such forms as wonder tales or Märhcen, classical ballads, riddles, jocular tales, lyric and comic and occupational folksongs, rhymes, historical and supernatural legends, and guisers' plays. The texts chosen cov
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Folk Literature: Introduction; 1 Folk Narrative; 2 Folksong; 3 Folksay; 4 Folk Drama; Abbreviations; Bibliographies and Notes; Glossary; Afterword and Acknowledgments; Indexes
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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